On 28/11/2024 16:16, Dennis Clarke wrote:
So the cachefile property needs to be a specific filename or that script
will have no clue.
Initially you looked at those things al little bit backwards.
To know properties of a pool you have to import the pool.
But how would you know that the pool is to be imported?
So, it works in a different way.
/etc/zfs/zpool.cache lists the pools that you want auto-imported.
/boot/zfs/zpool.cache is a legacy location of that file, so it's consulted as
well.
If you want a pool to be auto-imported, you must have it in
/etc/zfs/zpool.cache.
So, the pool's cachefile property must be set to that path.
Which is also the default.
The cachefile property is changed only in special cases like importing a pool
under alternative root. Or wanting to produce a cache file with a pool but not
wanting the pool in the system cache file (/etc/zfs/zpool.cache).
So, basically if you do not have a purpose for changing the property, then don't
change it.
--
Andriy Gapon
